When you change your lane position, you are
- always turning into the closest lane.
- moving to the safest place in the lane. ✓
- avoiding the centre line.
- All of the above
Answer: B. moving to the safest place in the lane.
When you change your lane position, you are moving to the safest place in the lane.
Why this is the answer
The handbook separates two ideas. Lane tracking is about getting into the right lane before a turn and finishing in the right lane after it. Lane position is different: it is deciding which section of the lane is safest for you to ride in. The rider handbook also tells you not to settle on one position but to keep scanning the road and choosing the safest spot, with the left position treated as a default only until something else is better. Changing position is that choice in action.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. always turning into the closest lane. — Turning into the closest lane is lane tracking for a turn, which the handbook describes as a separate skill from choosing a lane position.
- C. avoiding the centre line. — Nothing in these passages says a rider changes position to stay away from the centre line; the choice is about which part of the lane is safest.
- D. All of the above — This cannot be right because the statements about always turning into the closest lane and about avoiding the centre line are not supported by the handbook.
Remember it
Remember the split: lane tracking gets you in the right lane, lane position picks the safest slice of that lane.